HOLYOKE By a wide margin, voters in Holyoke rejected a ballot question asking for a debt-exclusion override to build two new middle schools.The “no” votes spoke loudly with 4,872 votes to 2,694. The project, totaling approximately $130 million, was.
HOLYOKE On Nov. 2, Holyoke residents will vote to fill seven ward-based seats on the City Council, five of which are contested races. The ward seats are in addition to six at-large seats on the Council.Ward 3 covers the entirety of Elmwood.
State Rep.-elect Duffy taps ‘friend, ally’ as legislative aide
Holyoke Ward 6 City Councilor Juan C. Anderson-Burgos attends the first meeting of the new year in the council chambers following an inaugural ceremony held upstairs in the Holyoke City Hall auditorium on Jan. 6, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO
Modified: 12/18/2020 6:49:41 AM
HOLYOKE The city’s state representative-elect has named her first legislative aide a new hire, but hardly a new name for Holyokers.
Patricia Duffy announced this week that Ward 6 City Councilor Juan Anderson-Burgos will become her aide when she is sworn in on Jan. 6. Currently herself the legislative aide for state Rep. Aaron Vega, Duffy said that Anderson-Burgos is both a friend and ally.
Holyoke city councilor hired as aide to new state Rep. Patricia Duffy
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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HOLYOKE State Rep.-elect Patricia Duffy has hired Ward 6 City Councilor Juan C. Anderson-Burgos as her legislative aide.
Duffy said Anderson-Burgos brings bilingual skills to the position, offering the office a critical link to Holyoke’s Latino population. She defeated Ward 3 City Councilor David Bartley and Pat Beaudry in the September primary.
Duffy, who served on several city boards, ran unopposed in the November general election in the 5th Hampden District after defeating Pat Beaudry and Ward 3 City Councilor David Bartley in September’s Democratic primary. Duffy has worked as aide to outgoing state Rep. Aaron Vega for seven years.